Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E MajorE A augmentedA BB E MajorE
A augmentedA BB E MajorE E
Verse 1:
E MajorE
I am a family man
A augmentedA E MajorE
I traded in my mustang for a minivan
A augmentedA BB C# minorC#m
This is not what I was headed for when I began
BB
This was not my plan
A augmentedA A augmentedA BB
I am a family man
Chorus:
E MajorE A augmentedA BB E MajorE
But everything I had to lose
C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB E MajorE
Came back a thousand times in you
A augmentedA BB
And you fill me up with love
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
Fill me up with love
BB
And you help me stand
E MajorE A augmentedA
'Cause I am a family man
E MajorE A augmentedA
Verse 2:
E MajorE
And life is good
A augmentedA
That's something I always knew
BB E MajorE
But I just never understood
A augmentedA BB C# minorC#m
Well if you'd asked me then you know I'd say I never would
BB
Settle down in a neighborhood
A augmentedA BB
I never thought I could
Chorus:
E MajorE A augmentedA BB E MajorE
But I don't remember anymore
C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB E MajorE
Who I even was before
A augmentedA BB
You filled me up with love
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
Filled me up with love
BB
And you help me stand
Bridge:
C# minorC#m
So come on with the thunder clouds
A augmentedA E MajorE
Let the cold wind rail against us, let the rain come down
A augmentedA BB C# minorC#m
We can build a roof above us with the love we've found
BB
We can stand our ground
A augmentedA
So let the rain come down
Chorus:
E MajorE A augmentedA BB E MajorE
'Cause love binds up what breaks in two
C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB E MajorE
So keep my heart so close to you
A augmentedA BB
And I'll fill you up with love
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
Fill you up with love
BB
And I'll help you stand
E MajorE
'Cause I am a family man
Outro:
A augmentedA
I'm saving my vacation time
E MajorE
For Disneyland
A augmentedA BB C# minorC#m
This is not what I was headed for when I began
BB
This was not my plan
A augmentedA
It's so much better than
E MajorE A augmentedA
So much better than
E MajorE A augmentedA BB E MajorE
'Cause I am a family man